Baker s peel



No. 623,6!9. Patented Apr. 25, |899.

H. E. PAUK.

BAKERS PEEL.

(Application led Sept. 15, 189B.)

LNo Model.)

IHHWIIU HENRY E. PAUK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BAKERS PEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,619, dated April 25, 1899.

Application filed September 15, 1898. Serial No. 691,031. (No model.) A

To nl] wwm/ it may concern:

Beit known ihatl, HENRY E. PAUK, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bakers Peels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in bakers peels; and it consists in the novel arrangement, construction, and combination of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

The object of my inventionis to construct a peel with a metallic edge or point and to form a metallic guard at the sides thereof to prevent the edges of the wooden cody from wearing and splintering.

Another object is to form said peel with a sharp blade at its forward end, in order to handle thin dough and to prevent the wooden edge from wearing irregular, as has been the case heretofore.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents one of my improved peels shown in perspective. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of said peel, to an enlarged scale, with a part broken away, showing the tips and the side metal guard. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. fi is a sectional view taken on the line b b of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line c c of Fig.1. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the peel to an`enlarged scale.

In the drawings, 1 indicates my complete invention, which consists of a wooden body 2 of the usual construction, and in its forward end I provide a slot or groove 3 a short distance into the body, and on the sides I provide a groove 4i, which may extend a short distance ormay be made the entire length of said peel, as desired. In the slot 3 of said bodyI place a sheet of material 5, which is left eX- tending beyond the bodys edge. The two sides of said sheet are passed, held, and supported in a slot 6, formed in a wire 7, which is embedded in the groove 4 and extends alongside said peel of any desired length and is provided to protect the edges of said wooden body, preventing its wearing and splintering. The forward edge of the wooden body is cut at an abrupt angle, or, in other words, beveled. This is for the purpose hereinafter described. inserted in the body and secured in the slots of said wires I fill up the space between the point of the sheet and the wooden body with solder or such material 8, (see Fig. 3,) this providing a smooth surface from the point of the sheet to the wooden body. 'lhe wires 7 are iiled to a sharp point after the sheet has been inserted in the slots G, so as to correspond to the taper of said point or tip. The tip is then ground or smoothed down to a sharp edge, forming a sharp blade. The solder 8 ,when placed upon said sheet comes in contact with'the bevel edge of said wooden body to prevent the Wood from spreading or raising upward on account of said slot U, as the material at said point is very thin, and without this bevel it might rise or spread out of alinement with the solder, causing an irregular rough surface, which would be a detriment to said peel. This bevel provides a hold for said solder and is of much importance and an essential feature to said tip.

To provide a support for the wires 7 the end 9 is turned inwardly and sharpened or pointed and is driven in the side of said peel, (see Figs. l and 4,) which holds said wire tightly to the side. If in case said wire is not sufficiently held by its point at the end 9, I in such case place over said wire a staple or such device.

Great difculty has been experienced in the use of the common ordinary wooden peel in that the wooden edge soon breaks and wears rough and the corners round off; also, it has in consequence to be sharpened and resharpened, causing much loss of time and the rapid shortening of the peel until too short for use, and at other times it splits in usage, and in either case it has to be cast aside. By the use of my tip, which may be of any desirable suitable material, said broken or splintered edges of peels may, as described above, be entirely avoided; also, the peel is reinforced from splitting and its edge prevented from charring in the hot oven. It is evident also that the point or forward edge of the peel will always retain its square corners, which is of especial advantage when used as crackerpeels, wafer-peels, or where all small cakes are baked.

After the sheet of material has been,

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The metal edge of the tip, which may be of steel or like material, can be ground to a sharp edge, which is of especial advantage in handling thin dough. It is found impossible to form as sharp and ine an edge with wood as with steel, and the wooden edge, which is too thick at lirst, soon breaks and becomes rough.

The tip being perfectly smooth not only operates on the thinnest dough, but also passes freely over the rotary apron that earries said dough, having no rough abrasions on the edge that in the wooden edge frequently catches in the apron, especially where there are rough surfaces in said apron, such as holes, seams, the. This tip will pass over all irregular surfaces or objects that might be formed in a pan, such as rivets, ne., without dulling it.' Even if it were slightly dulled it is easily sharpened without injury, for it cannot break. A peel with tliis tip will pick up the softest and thinnest dough without injury or marring the form or making @ripples that have to be thrown into the scrap and worked over again.

I do not desire to limit myself to this precise construction, for the metallic tip may be secured thereto in any other suitable means to form thc equivalent of the metal reinforcing-tip embodied in the forward and side edges of said wooden peel. lVith this tip secured to a peel much thinner wood can be used without danger of splitting or breaking, yet the tip will allow the peel to adhere to an irregularsurface, which is sometimes the case in pans or ovens.

The use of the side wires 7 protect the sides of the wooden body when said peel is brought in contact with the walls of said oven.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a bakers peel, a wooden body provided with a slot in its forward edge, a metallic sheet placed in said slot, said sheet supported at each side to wires, said Wires secured to said sheet and extend along the sides of said peel, and secured thereto to prevent said sides and tip from wearing and breaking, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a bakers peel, a wooden body provided at its forward edge with a slot and a groove on each side of said body, a wire secured in said grooves and provided with a slot corresponding with the slot in said forward end of said body, a metallic sheet scoured in the slots of said wires and in the body, said forward end of said body provided with bevels, solder or such material placed upon said sheet and over` the bevels and tapered to said forward edge of said blade, forming a short substantial tip and preventing the wooden forward edge from rising out of its alinement, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY E. PAUK.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. IlIeKs, B. PILLMAN. 

